Railway-car construction.



W. P, MURPHY RAILWAY GAR GONSTRUGTIGN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17,1912v Pateme. i5 13%;;

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W. P. MURPHY.

RAILWAY GAR CONSTRUCTION.

' I APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17,1912. 1,058,889. Patanted Apr. 15, 1913 3 SHEETSSEEET 2.

W P. MURPHY.

RAILWAY GAR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17,1912.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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'Be "it. knowii' hatf-I, W mZR-Munrnr, acitizen or the .UnitedJSta'tes, residing at. Chica in the coun tyiof Cool; and State of have. invented 'cer'tain new and useful Improvements in RailwayEOar Constructions, -o f which y oirailwa the invent on hasl'tor its object to nrovide'a novel a'ndimprove'l end structure 5202' any cars which. will-11eot' a charthe ends.- "Aaa'result aniin'uredcar enda'il boxcar when the train'starts or} ve'r} 'greatg, .It'the endo a, freight oar il' broken even .to a slight cxtent for thetimbe'rl tures .form n the? sem'e .1

. swa ,froin't e' bodyor, the canthe' oar-can! not safely used-ass. grain carrierIanit-he portion 01 railway-1 fears constant. use as camera gram ,1 large. "Thiamakee'it iingortant that anen'd ieh will withstand the shocks and stresses to which the end or a car road. These shocks, an ,j treasea may be roughly divi'ded-into' tw'o olassos,' the, log ice impacts of 'relativeli-hcavyhrt-icles rails and. pi 'ing-whiohs ma e abreak .orholen -t ic endof whole which; when.exertecl against; the end ,0! the oan,.t'ends .to wrench it; away tra n the framing. u

1 To arovldelaatructure which-wlllwlthistand,

efflrat mentioned stresses it,haebeen proposed to'iconltrnct the end' or a ,ear'with one; or more plcyinfi' 'the'uaual'; timber construction; and severe 'fahe'et: metal'.=car,'entl structures; h

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the, iollowin'g is-a 'apeciflca vention to construction cars and particularlyfbox freight.

. be m y packedt EAs a result there is usually a certhe number or broken or"otluuiatrucodor-pulledw i h; e in. is' quite.

leicontinually sub ectecl'when on the alare; ift readil and-arc and the shock of -the 'cargo,= as '0.-

sheets of; metal instead of! eins I I hire beenifievised in which the metal is suitably niti'siificient s tren'g thj arid rigidity; F applicationrelat'ejaarlore cola \"to. rovidin ;'the'end-, 1'=the -=car,'

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metal, though not necessarily so with means whereby. it will withstand the siiocks of the cargo as a whole; the'obje'ct being to provide an extremely strong, rigid construction bymeans of which .th'e'car end is held firmly and rigidly'to the body of the car.

v The invent-ion is i lustrated, in several preferred constructions, inthe accompanymg drawings wherein- *igure -1 is a side elevation of one extremity of'the box car with the sheathing removed. Fi 2 is a, fragmentary elevation of the end 0 thecar with certain parts in section; Fig. 3pc. sectional .plantakcn on line 8- -8 0 Fig.1; Fig. 4, a vertical sectional viewtal cen' on line 4-4 of Fig. ,2; (Fi 5, a sectional view on line 5-45 of Fig. '4'; ig.6, 'a view, in'perspcctive, of one of the ang'le plates-shown 1n the preceding fi resf;-Fi .'7,'.a. fragmentarvside elevation .o acaril ustratin a modi cation; Fig. 8, a sectional plan-ta six on line 8-8 of Fig. 7; antlFig. 9,11 fragmentary entl elcvation otthe same'construction. v v Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the leveral figures of the drawings. IIn-the'i drawings abox car is shown which, i {except ."iorthe constructions and. arrange- ;mentsconstitutinfg my. invention, is of the ordinary standard type,-'25 designating one .offthe s de'sills of the car;'% the side plate, 27th:: end sill, 28 the end plate, 29 the corner. poets; and a bolster, which latter ll-secured to thuldo sills 213 by the bolts :11.

-. lowot' nheetlnetnl'plateflfl bolted to tho mul .sili by; bolts a d an; upper sheet. metal white 84- which overlaps thelouer late 32. othplates are formed with flanges 5 which are eeouredlt'oth'e corner posts. oi the car. As cats are ordina-rlxJ loaded, with tho heav-ier-, artioles in the ottom of the our. .t holower lheet of metal 82 (in case the Gilli in com out]. of two or more separate cheats) is sub ectmlto.gmatcrstrcaecs thanthe upper art of the end. Tithe cargo is unusually ieavy the strains developed may be suf- {ficlent t'o wrench the-sheet or plate from its iattachmentt'o' the car and to the up er. shoot. 64. Toxpreventthis hiac'e's pg tie members "nre 3lrov1tled,:ne"nt each si clot the cit -w h t gilt-e .'a'ecurefi-to' the-sheet32 at some point aboveithe s lh for example, at or near theupperf edge :oi-ithe .sheet. These braces or ltie irnenibers -e x,tc'nd, ,diagonaily downwirdfand aronnphored to the bolster 30.

' Patented Apr. 15,1st3.

The and atruotum' ahownconnlate of a Referring phrtic'ularly "to Figs.. 1 to 8 inrealized that further modifications might be elusive, 36 designatea a tie member of this made without departure from my invention. character, .the; upper end Y 01 which-is se- 'l" herefore I do not wish to be understood as cured. between a air of angle platesBT-that limiting the invention to the particular urure riveted to e-inside of sheet 32, the rangements, constructions and devices shown 70 .l'ivets preferably extendinqithroug hit lots and described.

38 on the outside of the s set. he ower -.Theinvent1on is shown as applied to a box end of the tie member 36 may, if thou ht do our of standard construction but it will be sirable, be secured b bolts' 89 to e side realized that it might be used in connection 10 sill 25. The tie mem ,1, however, is carried with house cars or other freight cars in 75 down beyond the sill and bent so-that it exwhich the end structures are subjected to tends under the bolster 30; The bolts 31 heav stresses due to the inertia of the cargo. which secure the bolsterto the ,sill may'be- I 0 mm: used for anchoring the tie. member 36. tothe 1. a freight our construction, the combolster. By this construction the sheet metal blnation with the framing of the our, of n n end and particularly the lower sheet 32is, metalend-sheetsecured tosmd framin and securely anchored to the car so that item 8 e memb secured dire ly to u end not be wrenched or torn therefrom; The sheetyex'tendlng diagonally ownward and stresses exertedagainst the end are trans- ,rovided with means for securing it to the mitted' directly to one of the bolsters u on olster of the car. r

which the whole carstructure rests. ur- 2. In a freight our construction, the com-. thcrmore the attachment between the upper binstion with the framing of the car, of n and lower plates 82 and 34 is reinforced-and. metal end sheet secured to said framing, and strengthened. i 4 r r a tie member secured directly to said end If need be, although this willnot-be necessheet and extending diagonally downward 90 sary under all circumstances,the structure and provided with means for securing it to may comprise braces or tie members for the the lower art of the car structure. upier plate 84. g 8. a, eight our construction, the comgain referring to Figs. 1 to 6, 40-desigbinatmn w1th the'frsming ofthe car, of n nstes'n tie member'riveted at its up r end metel end sheet secured to said frennng, s. 95

to e gusset platen which is secure to the he-member, means for securing the uppcr exframe of the car by Its 42 and to the over-' tre1 m of thetie member to the inner face lapping flange 86. 0 the upper endslieet 84, .oisu "end'sheetmnd means for securing the by. mouse the-rivets 43, the"tie'member lower extrem t of the tie member toth extending diagonallydownward and around lower part o .v eicar structurq v 100 under the bolster to which item be secured 4. ln a freight car construction, the com- ,by; the bolts 81' above mentioned.- 44 desig b netion with an end, ole. tie member, 0. pair miss another diagonsl brace or tie member "of angle 1r ons secured to .the end between which issecured'st its up r end to a gusset. which the tie member is fastened, sndmeens plate 45 attached by. b0 ts 46 to;the..-cc,r for unchorin the other extremity of the tie 'fmme back of the end andextending diagomember tot e lower part of the'car strucnnlly downward a'ndsecur'ed to the-lower ture.- 4 portion of the end-sheet 84 ,byLmea-ns otthe 5.'.In a freight car. construction,-the comungles {37' and plates 88', bmation with the framing of the car, of on 1 in F1 7 to 9 inclusive, I have'shown"a end comprising usper 'and lower' motel 5 modifie construction m which the tie mem-- plateswhich exten heroes the end or the her or brace is on the outside or the ccr incar from side to aid and a tie member slcntl of being within the sheathin u in secured at one extre y to the lower metal the construction just described. a tie -plate above the sill or the car, and at the member 47 s riv eted atone end toaplate 48 other extremity to the lower part of the which 18 riveted -to the flange $9 of the car structure. lower end sheet.l 50. The plate 48 is also 6. In a freight our construction, the comulTtuched to the fremeoi the car. The lower bination with the framing of the car, of an end of the no member 471s secured to'an 'endstructure comprisin upper and lower ungulnr plate 51 anchored-tothe-bolster 52. metal plates which exten across the end of me If required further strength may given the car from side to side, and a tie member to the endstructurebyemploymfis diagonal secured at one extremity to the lower motel timber-or compression member 5 extending plate above the sill of the car and at the from the side s1ll54 of. the car-to the corner: other extremit to a bolster of the car.

to post; 55. .Angulsr- "metal corner pieces 56 7. ln a freig t car construction, the commu also used, wh1ch are secured to the bmation with an end structure of a pair of en and-side sills and overlapjnd arc'rivtie members, said tie members ein secured eted to'thelovge'r edgepi the end-sheet 50.-

to said end structure one above t e other While I- hsvedeeorxbed mydntqnttpn so and shared to, the bolster at that end or us embodying preferred conltructionu be them. i

-r :4 P g z 8. In a freight car construction, the com bination with an end structure, ofa pair of tie members, said tie members bein secured to said end structure one above t e other, and anchored to the bolster at that end of the car, and a third tie member at each side of the car secured to the middle ortion of the end structure and extending iagonally upward and attached to the upper part of the frameof the car. i

J. In a freight car construction, the combination with an end structure comprising upper and lower metal plates, a tie member secured to the upper portion of the lower plate and extending diagonally downward and anchored to the under frame of the, car, and a tie member secured to the lower portion of the upper'plate and extending diagonally upward and anchored to the upper part of the frame of the car.

10. In a freight car construction, tht combination with an end structure comprising a metal plate, of a tie member, and means for securing the tie member to the plate comprising an angle iron securing said tie memher to saidiplate, the lower extremity of said tie member'being bent and secured to the under side of the car bolster.

11. In a freight car construction, the comsheet metal plate having flanges overlapping the sides of the car, of a tie member secured to one of said flanges, and means for anchoring theother extremity of said tie member/ to the car bolster.

12. In a freight car construction, the combination with an end structure, of a pair of braces for the same secured to the end struc ture at the middle, one extending diagonally upward and anchored to the upper -part of the frame of the car and the other extending diagonally downward and anchored to the lower part of the car structure.

13. In a freight car construction, the combination with an end structure, of a pair of braces for the same secured to the end structure at the middle, one extending diagonally upward and anchored to the upper part of the frame of the car, and the other extending diagonally downward and anchored to the lower part of the car structure, and a third diagonal brace secured to the upper corner of the end structure and extending diagonally downward and anchored to the lower part of the car structure.

WALTER P. MURPHY. 

